About a “dozen Musk allies” have put a pin in their daily routines to serve as unofficial advisers to the Trump transition effort, says the New York Times.
Among them, reports the outlet: Jared Birchall, the head of Elon Musk’s family office, has interviewed a few candidates for jobs at the State Department; Marc Andreessen has talked with candidates for senior roles at the State Department, the Pentagon, and the Department of Health and Human Services; Shaun Maguire of Sequoia Capital is poring over picks for the intelligence community; Anduril co-founder Trae Stephens and Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar have both spoken to Trump transition officials about roles at the Pentagon; and entrepreneurs Mark Pincus and David Marcus have been involved in interviews with “prospective Trump personnel.”
Per the Times, even Musk’s mother, Maye, has been involved in the transition, saying to a recent interviewer that she “likes to sit in on meetings” with her son.
